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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Day 2 in Alaska

So, you think that nothing can outdo a helicopter ride to a glacier with a hike on the glacier? Well, think again . . . on Saturday we discovered something that is certainly on par with the helicopter trip. We took an all day "cruise" up the Tracy Arm Fjord to view the Sawyer glaciers. We got to see one "calve" which is really awesome. Still not sure if that's short for another word, but it refers to the action when pieces (massive and not so massive) break off and fall into the water. The cruise literally took all day (8am to 6pm) and we saw harbor seals, whales, eagles, tons of ice floes, and the glacier itself.







Notice the regrowth line in the last of the following 3 pictures. This glacier was up to the green regrowth line only 2 years ago. The rate at which our glaciers are receding is very alarming.


1 Comments:

Blogger Courtney O. said...

Very true - but there's "no global warming," right??? LOL

5:55 AM  

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